On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Olin Lathrop wr= ote: > Wow, you're really overinterpreting this. VG started out likening me to > some fictitional character. Given his past history of getting upset at m= e > and his numerous example of expressing displeasure at what I said, and th= e > fact I had no idea what this character's traits are, I (I think reasonabl= y > enough) took his comment to be derrogatory. I said this clearly enough i= n > my second message on this thread, but you seem to have conveniently > forgotten direct evidence in favor of speculation. > You could have easily googled it. I'm not the only one who has "expressed displeasure" at your comments. Please note. > I wasn't going to get into a pissing match, and besides there is really n= o > reason to get upset when people insult you, so all I did was ask who the > character was and a gentle reminder that such mud slinging is frowned upo= n > on the PIClist. I didn't want the admins coming down on VG. It's really > not a big deal, but I know you guys sometimes take these things rather > seriously. I knew that general peer pressure would correct things quickl= y > enough. The court of public opinion is much more useful (and powerful) > than > admin edicts. > > I deliberately stayed out of the thread after that, until I saw things > being > said in my name that were getting out of hand. Like I said, I found the > whole thing mildly amusing and I didn't want any action being taken on my > behalf. It didn't help that VG was making things worse on his own, with > his > usual refusal to accept explanations from others with more experience and > knowledge, whether that be about electronics or life. > It's impossible to have any knowledge on "life". No one has any more or les= s knowledge on "life" than anyone else. It wouldn't make sense to blindly accept the words of others, especially regarding abstract concepts like life. Your comment also assumes that certain others have "more" knowledge/experience than me. You would not be able to know nor prove that. Electronics, sure, but life, no. > You're being a lot worse than VG, in that you're twisting my words around > instead of taking them for what they actually say. If you read that post > carefully you will see I was describing my thought process, not claminig > his > mother wears army boots or whatever. > I am not offended, but one can read between the lines, Olin. > As for "offers", I saw no such thing. As I said before, it's still not > clear to me at all what was intended by the comparison to the fictional > character. I have meanwhile learned he is one of the main characters of = a > TV show called "Big Bang Theory" or something like that, but since I've > never seen the show I have little understanding of what a reference to th= at > character is supposed to mean. Google generally helps. http://www.google.ca/search?q=3Dsheldon+cooper&ie=3Dutf-8&oe=3Dutf-8&aq=3Dt= &rls=3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=3Dfirefox-a yields: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Cooper#Personality > I saw VG later state it was meant as a > friendly jest. Maybe, or possibly that was a quick retreat to avoid admi= n > retribution. Again, I would really hate to see any such retribution. > It was not. It was truly just a friendly jest. > Frankly Russell, your post is a lot more annoying that VG's. His I could > look at and be a little amused. Yours I felt I had to spend time > responding > to just to defend myself. > Why would you feel that? No one was attacking you. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .